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- Several tons of dates and food distributed to thousands of people
KHARTOUM: 抖阴短视频 launched the King Salman program for iftar on Friday in Sudan and South Sudan with the distribution of dates and food.
The event was coordinated by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance 鈥� represented by the religious attach茅 of the Kingdom鈥檚 embassy in Khartoum.
Several officials were present including Sudan鈥檚 Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments Abdul Ati Ahmed Abbas, and Ambassador of 抖阴短视频 to Sudan Ali bin Hassan Jaafar.
More than 15,000 food baskets and 10 tons of dates will be distributed during the holy month throughout the Sudanese states.
The Sudanese minister praised the Kingdom for its aid programs that he said has benefitted many people across the globe.
In Bangladesh, the ministry also distributed food baskets for more than 129,000 people, as well as 15 tons of dates for over 45,000 people.
In attendance at the inauguration ceremony was Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Issa bin Yusuf Al-Dahilan, and the religious attach茅 at the embassy, Ali Al-Zgheibi.
鈥淓ach basket contains 20 kilograms of various food items,鈥� said the envoy.
The Saudi ministry also distributed 800 Ramadan food baskets and 11 tons of dates for 8,000 beneficiaries in Ethiopia.
Ethiopian officials thanked the Saudi government for this support.
Meanwhile, the Kingdom delivered 2,500 Ramadan baskets, 15 tons of luxury dates, and 200,000 copies of the translation of Qur鈥檃n in Indonesian from the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur鈥檃n, in coordination and cooperation with the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs and a number of official associations.
The Kingdom has this year launched projects in 34 countries to provide iftar meals for around 1.2 million people throughout the holy month, which began on April 2.